In the accelerating times in which we live, the acceptable abstraction of a woman cutting an assurance arena but a man not seems, to many, absolutely backwards.

It about seems like a woman is endemic by her partner, like he’s not “taken” yet.

“As a feminist I absolutely absolutely like the abstraction of mangagement rings, as contrarily it’s like we are acreage of men with the arena ‘branding’ us, while they are chargeless to skip about actualization unengaged,” 30-year-old Helen explained to The Independent.

“I anticipate the abstraction of a bells arena for either accomplice is a bit awe-inspiring to be honest,” 22-year-old Ben says. “I don’t absolutely get the concept. But it seems aberrant for a woman to abrasion one and a man not to. If it’s aloof the woman cutting one it does assume absolutely patriarchal.”

Until the 1940s and 1950s, the abstraction of men cutting a bells arena hadn’t absolutely been seen. And still today, abounding men don’t abrasion one, although this is alteration amidst millennials.

“I’d absolutely appetite my bedmate to abrasion a bells ring, how abroad are amorous women declared to apperceive that he’s off the market?” says 23-year-old Scarlet. “It would feel like a abridgement of charge otherwise, decidedly as women cutting assurance and bells rings is so built-in aural our ability – why should it be altered for men?”

A few years ago, a abstraction by XO Group Inc – the ancestor aggregation of bells armpit The Bond – begin that bristles per cent of men abrasion assurance rings.

And added and added jewellers are designing rings accurately for men.

Eight years ago, jeweller H. Samuel launched the Tioro Arena – an assurance arena for men that was beneath big-ticket than a woman’s but adherent than a man’s bells band. They now banal eight altered mangagement rings, priced amid £50 and £129.

Men’s rings tend to be apparent gold, argent or platinum bands, possibly with baby chunk too. After marrying, some move their assurance rings to their appropriate easily instead of stacking both rings on the aforementioned finger, as women tend to do.

For a lot of couples, it’s artlessly a way to be equal.

“We’re all about equality,” 27-year-old Josh Cooke, who wears assurance and bells rings, tells The Independent.

He proposed to his girlfriend, but capital to abrasion a arena too. “Well if my wife (fiancée at the time) got to abrasion one, why shouldn’t I?! If I accept to buy her a arena again she can buy me one!”

24-year-old Emmie Harrison and her fiancé booty a agnate approach: “We’re a actual according brace (planning on double-barrelled surnames) and he’s a appreciative feminist.”

When they were discussing accepting engaged, she appropriate he abrasion an assurance arena and he admired the abstraction – they talked about what colour, metal and bean he’d prefer, aloof as they did with her ring.

“Women accept assurance bands to appearance that they’re taken, in adulation and blessed – and men acutely don’t, which I feel they absolutely absence out on,” Emmie says. “Everyone asks me about my assurance and no one really asks him too abundant about it afar from adage ‘well done, mate’.

“There are two of us in this accord and we’re absolutely according so I anticipate it’s atrocious for him to absence out – additional he’ll alone be affianced once!

“But it’s not about us actuality feminists, or me ‘forcing’ him to accept one – I anticipate it’s aloof about him accepting a attribute of adulation and article to be appreciative of, and admire forever.”

The legalisation of same-sex alliance has additionally had an aftereffect on the acceleration of mangagement rings – if two men or women get engaged, the acceptable abstraction of a man proposing to a woman and her cutting an assurance arena goes out the window.

“My brother’s gay and him and his fiancé both abrasion assurance rings,” Ben explains.

And some jewellery designers now actualize rings accurately for same-sex couples, such as New York artist Rony Tennenbaum – abounding of the rings in his “Tie The Knot” accumulating attending audibly unisex.

There’s additionally been a acceleration in mangagement rings in accepted ability – Michael Bublé set tongues wagging in 2010 aback he showed off an assurance ring. Bublé is affiliated to Argentine extra Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre, and in Argentine ability it’s accustomed for a man to abrasion an assurance ring.

Michael Buble cutting his assurance arena (Getty Images)

And although able wrestler David Otunga proposed to accompanist Jennifer Hudson with a design ring, she proposed aback to him with a arena of his own seven months later.

Men are added appreciative to be affianced and appetite to be on an according basement with their partners, but abounding women haven’t yet appear annular to the abstraction of affairs them.

Despite her abutment of men cutting bells rings, Scarlet is beneath on lath with the abstraction of mangagement rings: “Until you’ve both said ‘I do’, the bond hasn’t been tied. What’s the point in affairs added jewellery? Also, what men would appetite to abrasion added than one arena anyway!?”